//**PROOF OF CONCEPT** — full quality-of-life profile for Wyoming, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the //registrant's// perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.//

====== Wyoming — Registry Profile ======

**Weighted burden index 50.8/100** · rank **19 of 56** (1 = least burdensome) · 12/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

^ Dimension ^ Rating ^ Detail ^ Statute ^
| **Registration length** | 🔴 restrictive | Duty begins at sentencing and continues for life by default (§ 304(a)); only lower/mid tiers may petition off after 10 or 25 years — aggravated offenders register for life with no relief — **lifetime** | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304]] ✓ |
| **Removal / petition off** | 🟠 moderate | Petition to be relieved after 10 years (§ 302(g)/juvenile) or 25 years (§ 302(h)) on a clean-record showing (no >1yr-imprisonable or sex conviction, supervision/treatment completed); court MAY grant (discretionary); aggravated § 302(i) offenders excluded — ⚑ needs human review | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304(a), (d)]] ✓ |
| **Individualized risk assessment** | 🔴 restrictive | No — no tiers/levels and no risk assessment | n/a |
| **In-person reporting frequency** | 🟠 moderate | Annually, twice yearly, or quarterly depending on offense | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302 |
| **Registration fee** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — recurring statewide fees collected by the county sheriff: up to $120 at initial registration and up to $25 at each update/report (plus a 25% county add-on); state portion deposited to the sex offender registration account | [[https://wyoleg.gov/NXT/gateway.dll/2023%20Wyoming%20Statutes/2023%20Titles/314/376/379|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302(r)]] ✓ |
| **Residency restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No statewide residency restriction — Wyoming's sex offender registration law (Title 7, ch. 19, §§ 7-19-301 to 309) contains no provision limiting where a registrant may live; no 'feet from school' residence ban anywhere in Title 7 | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19 (no residency provision)]] ✓ |
| **Employment restriction** | 🟢 favorable | None — the registration chapter imposes no occupational bar or professional-license disqualification (only a duty to register employment info); the sole location-near-minors limits are presence-type restrictions in § 6-2-320, not occupational bars | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. §§ 7-19-301 to 7-19-309 (esp. 7-19-302)]] ✓ |
| **Presence / loitering restriction** | 🔴 restrictive | Yes — § 6-2-320 makes it a crime for any adult required to register to be on school premises/vehicles when children are present, to loiter on a public way within 1,000 ft of school grounds when children are present, or to reside within 1,000 ft of a school or licensed child-care facility | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf|Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-320]] ✓ |
| **Visitor registration trigger** | 🔴 restrictive | Register within 3 working days; per FAQ this includes temporary stays (e.g. vacation) longer than 3 days | Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-304(b) |
| **Internet identifiers required** | 🔴 restrictive | Required — must provide 'Internet identifiers, including each email address and other designations used for self-identification or routing in internet communications' | [[https://law.justia.com/codes/wyoming/title-7/chapter-19/article-3/section-7-19-302/|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-302(a)(xii)]] ✓ |
| **Civil commitment** | 🟢 favorable | None found | n/a |
| **Public website exposure** | 🔴 restrictive | All registrants posted on the division's public internet registry (§ 7-19-303) with no risk-tier exemption; only internet identifiers, phone numbers, and juvenile adjudications are withheld from the posting | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-7-criminal-procedure/wy-st-sect-7-19-303.html|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-303]] ✓ |
| **Halloween / holiday restriction** | 🟢 favorable | No Halloween/holiday restriction — full sex-offender registration chapter (Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19) contains no holiday/candy/curfew provision | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. tit. 7, ch. 19 (no holiday provision)]] ✓ |
| **Marked driver's license / ID** | 🟢 favorable | Not marked — the driver's-license contents statute lists every required and optional element (name, DOB, photo, CDL/under-21/veteran/organ-donor designations, etc.) and includes no sex-offender brand, mark, code, or designation | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title31.pdf|Wyo. Stat. § 31-7-115]] ✓ |
| **Community notification (& who pays)** | 🟠 moderate | Active notification only for aggravated tiers — for offenses under § 7-19-302(h)/(j), sheriff notifies neighbors within 750 ft, schools, youth/religious orgs and child-care within 1,000 ft by mail/personal delivery; passive public registry for all others (§ 7-19-303); no registrant charge | [[https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf|Wyo. Stat. § 7-19-303]] ✓ |
| **Age of consent (context)** | ℹ️ context | 17 — with close-in-age exception (a 16/17-year-old is protected only from a partner 4+ years older or, at 16-17, one in a position of authority per § 6-2-316) | [[https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-6-crimes-and-offenses/wy-st-sect-6-2-316/|Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-316]] ✓ |

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//Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.//